Perry Mandera's Charities

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Charity begins in the heart, but people don't always keep track of their favorite causes when they become distracted by new issues, everyday living and work obligations. That’s why transportation entrepreneur Perry Mandera organized an independent company to handle his many charitable interests. The Custom Care Charities is a platform that handles giving for his transportation company and expands Mandera’s charitable reach by accepting donations from his many entrepreneurial friends and business partners. In February of 1986, Perry Mandera started the

Services include local cartage, refrigerated shipping, warehousing, intermodal services, labeling, segregated shipments and many other services. (-- removed HTML --) (-- removed HTML --)

The Custom Companies uses the motto “One Call Does It All.” The company enjoys a 99.5 percent rate of claim-free service. [3] Every customer gets assigned to a team that monitors every shipment and solves any problems that might arise. The company has also incorporated the EPA’s SmartWay program into its fleet transportation services to reduce pollution for the people living in and around Chicago. [4]

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Custom Care Charities handles most of Mandela's charitable efforts such as supporting 42 major charities including The Boy Scouts of America, Girl Scouts of America, Arthritis Foundation and Muscular Dystrophy Association. The company also provides disaster relief funds, money for research to cure and manage cancer and HIV/AIDS and support for community athletic programs for children and teenagers. Other causes that Mandela has contributed to over the years

The association is politically active and recently threw its support to Illinois Senate Bill 662, which is a measure to repeal the Commercial Distribution Fee. This tax is a 14.35 percent levy on commercial vehicles that weigh between 8,001 and 80,000 pounds. [5] The tax adds $50 million per year to the cost of shipping products, but the money isn't even earmarked for transportation services such as building and repairing roads or subsidizing the state police. These savings reduce shipping costs and could save consumers money on the costs of